A Sen. Jo Comerford and Reps. Mike Connolly and Carmine Gentile bill ( S 1937 , H 3056) would give all Massachusetts cities and towns the option to place a fee on the transfer of "luxury real estate," ...

HYANNIS — An optional real estate transaction fee for Massachusetts towns was on the mind of a featured speaker at the annual Housing to Protect Cape Cod conference on Thursday. The state's top ...

Officials in almost 30 Massachusetts communities have come out in strong support of a proposal that would let local governments charge a fee on big-ticket real estate purchases. Cities and towns that ...

Bills that would give Massachusetts municipalities the option to establish fees on real estate transactions are currently under legislative review. These proposed fees would be used to support ...

If you’re looking for a new home, you may have noticed a big shift in how buyers’ real estate agents get paid, and it could cost you thousands of dollars. We asked Orange County, California, real ...

The affordable housing crisis is causing harm across our Commonwealth and our MetroWest community is not exempt. Housing and apartment rental prices strain our budgets, our young people are forced to ...